Apple announced the new, fifth-generation 16 GB iPod Touch that costs $229 — making it a bit less expensive than the fifth-generation 32 GB iPod Touch at $299 and 64 GB iPod Touch at $399, both of which were released last fall. Meanwhile, Apple has stopped selling the fourth-generation 16 GB iPod Touch with a 3.5-inch screen, which costed $199.

The 16 GB device has a black front and silver back. The 32 GB and 64 GB versions are also available in pink, yellow, light blue, and red. The iPod Touch has been popular over the years. Apple has sold 100 million of the touch-screen iPods since their introduction in 2007, according to blogger Jim Dalrymple at The Loop. If you want to get your hands on the 16 GB model, Apple is selling the new variant in its online store starting 31st May 2013. Although rumors persist that Apple is looking at the development of a cheaper iPhone model to rake in a wider customer base. In an analyst note, Citi Research says the tech giant is heading naturally toward less-expensive models, and this “shift” is considered not only a move toward long-term, rather than short-term, profitability for Apple, but for the tech industry as a whole.

Recent image leaks of an allegedly lower-cost, iPhone have surfaced, suggesting that a cheaper, plastic-cased iPhone may also be on its way. Apple has not confirmed that a less expensive iPhone model is in the works, but considering the quiet introduction of a cheaper iPod Touch and the $329 iPad Mini, it may not be an unrealistic expectation.

If you purchase the 16 GB version of the iPod Touch, however, you will lose the rear-facing camera. The loss of the camera contributes to the slim design of mobile gadget, which weighs about 3 ounces (86 Grams) and is 4.86 inches tall and 2.31 inches wide. The front-facing camera remains, though it doesn’t have 1080p video recording capabilities. Someone who owns the iPod Touch 4th Generation is very unlikely to ever get used to the absence of a camera.

All in all, if you buy the new iPod Touch, you also lose the ‘Loop’ that comes with the 32 and 64GB models of the iPod Touch 5th Generation. If you are looking for an upgrade to your old iPod Touch and want it to be in budget, then you might want to consider this.

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We live in a monopoly with USA as the super-power.So,it seems fair that Americans have an exclusive app market to purchase or browse content on.But this does not mean we can’t have access to it.A simple proxy does the trick,but the question is,which proxy and whether to pay for one or not?

Paying for a proxy is a stupid idea when there are free alternatives (which do work) out there.We’ll be talking about the most convenient and easy to use proxy in just a second.For now,let’s talk about what one needs to get access to the US playstore.

Install Market Enabler on your phone just like you would install any other .apk file and download and install Hotspot Shield too from the playstore.

Open Market enabler and select a ‘ US ‘ carrier from the second tab (swipe left once).We suggest using us-verizon.Make sure you don’t set it as ‘set on boot’ because that’ll interfere with your calls and/or messages.

Now open up the VPN app and enable it.It’ll take a few seconds only.

Now,go to Settings -> Apps -> All and look for ‘Google Play Store’ and empty it’s cache.

Open up the Playstore and you should see the US Playstore which would look something like this.

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Multiple sources have told us LG is working on a Nexus phone, and today we recently received the first hands-on report of the device. The source claims he is not a Google employee, but apparently he has access to one who says the devices were handed out last week for testing.

“I can confirm the next nexus is LG Optimus based. The phone looks surprisingly like the Galaxy Nexus and does not have sharp corners like the LG Optimus we already know. It has a silver’ring like the iPhone 3G around the outer edge of the screen which seemed to be similar to the Galaxy Nexus in size but was much better in brightness.

I couldn’t have said if it was larger in the few minutes that I had the phone. Also, it has Nexus written on the back like the Nexus 7 except there is a color element to it. The ‘X’ is in four colors. There was also the LG logo on the back.

Android 4.2 in its current state looked exactly like the 4.1.1 we love. There were no tabs on that build version for home-screens as you suggested from your other tipster. What I was amazed by is how fluid everything seemed to be from exiting apps, switching, etc. It seems like they’ve increased the number of transitions and their types. It still had the hodge-podge mess of multiple communication tools: Messenger, GTalk, Voice and SMS.”

As for the specs part of the leaks,the new nexus is gonna come with a lot of horsepower.The LG Nexus will have a Quad Core Snapdragon S4 processor – confirmed to be clocked at 1.5GHz – with an Adreno 320 GPU, as well as 2GB of RAM,.It’ll have a 1280 x 768 True-HD IPS screen and an 8 megapixel camera running the new and improved Jellybean 4.2.

Considering this along with other leaks,this is what mockup artists came up with.

If you ask me,I’d say this looks really sleek and sexy which has become the trademark for Nexus devices in the last few years.The launch event is scheduled for later this month (no fixed date as of now).Don’t worry,we’ll keep you posted!

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It’s 19th September and it’s finally time for Apple’s new iOS release.It’s finally out there for the public.We guys have had it for 3 months now though.Anywho,all you non-developers can finally get hands on it.This post wont really deal with the features in the new version,for that please check out http://www.apple.com/ios/

This is just an article to break the news to the public and provide alternate download links,cause,apple’s servers are surely going to be full of people downloading iOS6.For the people who’re already using the Gold master for iOS6 can use OTA update to get hands on the latest and greatest apple has to offer.

It’s confirmed.The iPhone 5 (refer to the image above) will take place on the 12th of September.Apple’s done it again.Just a few hours after the huge UDID leak via a FBI computer,Apple’s diverted all attention towards the iPhone 5 event.

Now,there have been loads of leaks in the last 2 months about what one is expecting from the new iPhone (iPhone 5).Here’s a mockup that sums it all.

Nothing is confirmed yet about what all will be changed and what all wont.Some rumors that we think look promising include,a bigger screen (1136×640 with an aspect ratio of 16:9),a smaller dock connector and the headphone jack being put near the dock connector.Other rumors include,a new type of earphones,A6 processor,2Gigs of ram.

Along with the iPhone 5,it is rumored that Apple is going to announce a 7 inch iPad mini to compete with the insanely cheap Nexus 7 and the Kinde Fire 2 (Coming Soon!).

That’s about it.We’ll keep you posted regarding the iPhone 5 and the supposed iPad mini.

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As you all know,Apple recently seeded iOS 6 Beta to all Developers and it’s been quite a success if you ask me – absolutely no notable bugs apart from the fact that your device may heat up a tad more than it usually does on a stable version of iOS.

Now,the sad part about iOS 6 Beta 1 is that only developers or people with their UDIDs registered can install it.But,We at Technologic101 along with some help from ALL-MIGHTY Google have found a workaround.All you need to do to install it is the .ipsw file for iOS6 Beta 1,a supported iDevice (List of all supported devices can bee checked here) and iTunes 10.6.3.

The Procedure is quite simple but before we get into,make sure your device is backed up with either iTunes or iCloud.Once thats done,just follow the procedure below to get iOS6 Beta 1 for free (without a dev account).